Isla Dewar erschafft fesselnde Erzählungen, die bei den Lesern Anklang finden und zu einer Reihe von Bestsellern geführt haben. Ihre ausgeprägte Stimme und ihr fesselndes Storytelling versprechen ein immersives Leseerlebnis.
Wie buchstabiert man Glück? Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes droht Iris das finanzielle Aus. Sie sieht sich zum Handeln gezwungen und nimmt eine Stelle als Lehrerin in einer Zwergschule in Schottland an. Iris stürzt sich mit einem solchen Elan in die neue Aufgabe, dass sie nur noch Augen für ihre Abc-Schützen hat. Und so übersieht sie beinahe, dass es in Green Cairns gleich zwei Männer gibt, die um ihre Gunst buhlen … „Sehr amüsant.“ (The Times)
stammt aus Edinburgh. Die erfolgreiche Autorin zahlreiche Romane lebt mit ihrem Mann und ihren beiden Söhnen in Five in Schottland.
Irgendwann sind Roz die wunderbaren Dinge des Lebens abhanden gekommen. Die beiden halbwüchsigen Kinder brauchen sie nicht mehr und ihr Mann Matthew wird immer kleinkarierter. Nach 16 Jahren und 4 Stunden Ehe macht sich Roz auf und davon: nach London. Zunächst scheint niemand sie zu vermissen ...§
Vicar's daughter Izzy feels hugely guilty that she's having a very good war. But when Izzy finds herself falling for the charms of a dashing American doctor it is to Julia and Clare that she turns for help...
A girl, Nell was convinced, should have a good time at seventeen, have met her true love at eighteen, be engaged at nine, and marry at twenty-one. But Alistair comes from a wealthy family and is studying to be a lawyer, two things that mean that Nell soon has plans to leave her dance hall days far behind her.
To the neighbours who helped raise her, Madeline was a opinionated, disruptive, verbose. They blamed it all on her lack of a mother. But Madeline was her father was parent enough. Till he wasn't there for her any more, and Madeline had to grow up fast. Befriended by Annie, she catches a glimpse of normal family life, and sees Annie glow as she marries her adoring Willie. Madeline has never wanted a regular man in her own life, yet somehow she finds herself living in a rambling Highland mansion with Stuart, loving to the point of exhaustion, and painting her heart out. Until life creeps into the idyll with a vengeance...
You can’t change your past. You can only use the experiences you live through to make your future better, wiser. Anna and her best friend George meet every week to remember, to sigh, to laugh, to reminisce about their moments of glory, guilt and mischief and share their sorrows over a glass or three of wine. The things they’ve done still make them blush. Anna wanted to be a poet – a famous poet. George left home in a childish rage and years later returned with her baby.When Anna is asked to look after the boy across the road for a few hours each week, she isn’t sure. She doesn’t really do children. But she takes the job on and, gradually, a child’s view of her world shows her a different place.George remembers a flat she stayed in when she ran away from home. It had the kitchen of all kitchens and, oh, how she’d love to see it again. Anna sets out to see if it still exists and discovers a cookbook full of recipes, intimates notes and drawings from George’s life.Does all this mark an ending or the beginning of something new and marvellous for Anna and George?
A delicious and unputdownable read from the irresistible Isla Dewar
An exquisite novel about friendship and community
In this irresistible and unputdownable novel, Isla Dewar offers searing insight into human nature and relationships while also bringing out the humour of the darkest situations